Tag Archives: First Nations
Mill opening expected to create almost 1,700 jobs
The opening of the Paper Excellence pulp mill is expected to add almost 1,700 jobs directly and indirectly to the local economy, That was the message given by Bronwyn Eyre, Minister of Energy and Reso...
May 06, 2022
Calls for more protections for Indigenous women and girls featured at MMIWG walk
Just over five years ago, Carson and Regina Poitras not only had to deal with their daughter Happy Charles being missing, but they had to "have their battles" with the police just to report her missin...
May 05, 2022
Chief Poundmaker's sacred staff comes home
Parks Canada formally transferred ownership of the sacred staff belonging to Chief Poundmaker to his descendents in an historical ceremony Wednesday.During the event at Fort Battleford National Histor...
May 04, 2022
Search for missing boy moves to the Carrot River: RCMP
After more than two weeks, RCMP and search and rescue teams are still hoping they can find Frank Young.The five-year-old boy from Red Earth Cree Nation hasn't been seen since April 19.(Submitted Photo...
May 04, 2022
Major paving project announced at Sturgeon Lake First Nation
Chief Greg Ermine called it a huge day for Sturgeon Lake First Nation.During a special press conference Tuesday afternoon at the band office, plans were officially confirmed for a 10.6 km paving proje...
May 03, 2022
Hospice building takes shape, donations continue
Donations are still coming in even as the Rose Garden Hospice building takes shape. Hospice committee member Marina Mitchell said the group is happy to see the results of over a decade of effort."It m...
May 03, 2022
Book focuses on impact on families of MMIW
A Battlefords area woman put her grief into words for a new book expressing her sorrow for families of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) left behind.Stephanie Tootoosis's book, called Namoy...
May 02, 2022
‘Without you, we are the less. We are inadequate’: Archbishop of Canterbury visits P.A.
For the second straight day, Most Rev. Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, profusely apologized to residential school survivors, and vowed to collaborate to make sure their voices are heard an...
May 01, 2022
'I am more sorry than I can say,' Archbishop of Canterbury apologizes to residential school survivors
Shortly after arriving at the James Smith Cree Nation, Rev. Justin Welby sat down in the corner of the local school gym and listened to four consecutive hours.On Saturday, he was told stories of physi...
Apr 30, 2022
Northern MP returns from United Nations trip focused on Indigenous issues
Desneth-Missinippi-Churchill River MP Gary Vidal is back in Ottawa after he travelled to New York earlier this week to attend the United Nations (UN) Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.The 21st sess...
Apr 29, 2022